My stats are higher than yours!!

[Note: Your team members have been infected with the Laughter Factor. While in the [Laughter] state, their self-healing speed increases by 800%, their stamina recovery speed increases by 800%, their sanity attribute decreases significantly, and the Laughter Factor will permanently affect their thought patterns.]

Is the laughter factor really that strong?

Bai Shuodong casually killed another enemy, and gradually felt relieved.

The Laughter Factor infected in these members of Team Z is in a completely unleashed state, without any means of suppression, and is accompanied by extremely serious side effects such as permanent changes in thought patterns and a decline in sanity. It is completely incomparable to the Laughter Factor that he uses without side effects.

If all the [Laughter Factor] in Bai Shuodong's body were released, the bonus would be even more terrifying, but he would also be affected by side effects.

in addition...

So what if there are more side effects?

On such a battlefield, it's questionable whether more than 20 people can survive if they break through the encirclement. If they can't even survive, what right do they have to talk about side effects?

After being infected with the "Laughter Factor," they at least die laughing, and even break through their limits in the final moments of their lives, killing more enemies. For them, this is a win, and the severe side effects are nothing to worry about.

This is war!

Bai Shuodong looked back at his teammates and found that most of the original 27 members of Team MZ were now dead or injured. Only a dozen or so people remained beside him, and the rest... were probably all dead.

Those who are still alive are all in bad condition, each with injuries, some with deep scars that expose the bone, and they seem to have almost bled out.

If it weren't for the [Laughter Factor] protecting them, these wounded soldiers would have died long ago.

"Eeya hahaha!!"

Suddenly, one of the enemy soldiers burst into wild laughter. He turned around and slashed his comrade to death with a single blow. Two lines of bloody tears streamed down his face as his laughter grew even more unrestrained.

"Fake! It's all fake!"

He pointed at his comrades beside him and roared hoarsely, "I've figured it out! I've figured it out! They are my kind! You are the outcasts, you are all outcasts! Hahaha! I'll kill you all!"

"Hehehehe!"

"Hey hey hey!"

"Hehehehe!"

Immediately afterwards, all sorts of wild and unrestrained laughter rang out one after another. One Gray Rock Man after another rebelled, swinging their knives at their teammates. The infectiousness of the [Laughter Factor] was on full display at this moment.

The [Laughter Factor] can infect not only Bai Shuodong's teammates, but also his enemies. The side effect of the Laughter Factor [Permanently Changes Mindset] will also be manifested in his enemies, forcibly distorting their cognition and causing their original mindset to collapse.

Looking at the increasing number of "teammates" around him, Bai Shuodong realized just how terrible the [Laughter Factor] really was.

This stuff not only makes people laugh uncontrollably and affects their mental state, it's also damn contagious!

This thing also has the ability to spread and infect through mental transmission!

不 ...

Something's not right!

If this "laughter factor" is really that dangerous, then the second-level mentors and doctors among the students would absolutely not allow Bai Shuodong to walk around the academy with the "laughter factor" at will. What if some student gets infected?

So...

This [Laughter Factor] should not have been infectious originally; it only gained the ability to spread and infect on a large scale after Bai Shuodong entered this world.

What about the carriers and media of dissemination?

How exactly was this accomplished?

"Stab!"

Bai Shuodong used [Slash] again to kill a warrior. His sharp gaze swept around, his brows furrowing. He looked at the blood mist that filled the air around him, and then looked at himself.

This blood mist is emanating from me! To be precise, it's blood mist emanating from my [Blood Demon Armor]!

The Blood Demon Armor doesn't have this ability!

and many more...

Bai Shuodong suddenly realized that the essence of the introduction in the spirit world was a textual description of the actual situation, rather than a description of the objective and complete situation.

The attributes and characteristics of the Blood Demon Armor refer to the power he can use when wielding it, not all the abilities of the Blood Demon Armor itself, because those are not within his control.

In other words, because the Blood Demon Armor itself possesses a certain degree of spirituality, it can actually perform certain operations independently. However, those operations are not ones that Bai Shuodong can perform with the Blood Demon Armor, so they will not appear in the introduction of the spirit world.

"Yes! That's it!"

"The instructors at the academy once said that a powerful, overlord-level device can directly alter the introductory text of the spirit world by the strength of the power it is willing to give to its host."

"Therefore, most overlord-level equipment cannot be fully utilized simply by equipping it. Communicating with the equipment's spirit and making it willing to use its full power is also very important. Some growth-type curse-like overlord-level equipment may not even have any positive attributes, only side effects..."

Bai Shuodong became increasingly alarmed as he thought about it, but at the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief because he had previously applied the [Disintegration Mark]. Although the [Blood Demon Armor] was only of Black Iron level at the moment, it would be too idiotic to treat it as Black Iron level equipment.

It's currently classified as Black Iron because it directly released all the energy within the equipment, automatically reducing its grade to Black Iron, rather than the item actually being only Black Iron grade.

If the energy is replenished...

Bai Shuodong swallowed hard. He dared not imagine just how powerful this thing was. With the spirituality of the Blood Demon Armor, it might even reach a strength close to that of a hegemon.

Overlord-level equipment is something that money and psionic points can't measure!

So...

Because the Blood Demon Armor itself can use blood-related and curse-related abilities, and I also possess the Laughter Factor within me, it directly extracted the blood containing the Laughter Factor from my body and released it as a cursed blood mist, infecting the surrounding enemies.

How terrifyingly aggressive!

As expected of a curse-type equipment!

When I get back to school, I must ask the teacher to help me resolve this. I have a [Decomposition Mark], so I'm not afraid of it being stolen. At worst, it will just naturally decompose into a skill.

If the active infectivity of the [Blood Demon Armor] isn't resolved, I'll be left to fight alone from now on. Who knows when my teammates might be forcibly infected by the [Laughter Factor]? If it distorts their cognition, then we're doomed.

Thankfully, this is a trial in the spirit world...

Thankfully, there were no psionic teammates...

...

Half an hour later

Inside the Gray Rock Tribe's main camp

"when!!"

The sharp clang of weapons rang out. The five-meter-tall rock mountain grinned, looking at the distant leader of Wolf Fang Fortress, Iron Fang. He raised his sword with a cold smile and said, "Iron Fang, as long as I kill you here, Wolf Fang Fortress will belong to our Gray Rock Tribe."

"You can't kill me."

Iron Fang's face was cold and resolute. A bloody gash was cut on his cheek, and blood slowly flowed down his jawline, dripping onto the armor he was wearing.

He glanced around discreetly. Although the number of soldiers who had charged out of Wolf Fang Fortress was small, their offensive was exceptionally swift. They had already killed over a thousand enemies. The Gray Rock warriors, whose camp had just been bombed and who hadn't taken many weapons with them when they fled, had virtually no chance of resistance.

but...

They had too many people, and they could also find weapons on the battlefield. As time went on, Wolf Fang Fortress's advantage diminished.

How despicable!

What happened to the reinforcements over there?

Why haven't they arrived yet?

The reinforcements must be quite strong to have been able to cause that kind of commotion. I fought off the fierce enemy and took the initiative to leave the city to cooperate with the reinforcements from within, precisely because I valued their strength.

If they don't intervene soon, our situation here will become...

"Kill them! Hahaha!"

Come and play with your grandpa!

"Yaaaa~ Hoo!!"

A cacophony of sounds rose from the distant cliffs. A middle-aged man in the uniform of a small squad officer was seen leading a group of laughing soldiers as they charged towards them.

The army was strange. Most of the soldiers were from the Gray Rock Tribe, but they were all laughing wildly, their smiles incredibly insane, and they were muttering all sorts of incomprehensible words.

A rough estimate suggests at least three or four hundred people.

Whose person is this?

Did the Gray Rock people surrender and rebel? Or did our leader betray us? All of this is actually part of their sinister scheme.

Iron Fang didn't understand, and Rock Mountain couldn't understand either. All they knew was that someone had attacked, and had slaughtered the Gray Rock Man troops, leaving them in a bloodbath. Their momentum was terrifying beyond belief, and the laughing group was like a group of fearless suicide warriors.

Among them, the old guard Tule, who was charging ahead, laughed and waved his weapon, shouting wildly, "Lord Iron Fang, we've come to feed you! Hahaha!"

Tieya felt a chill run down his spine.

Is this really one of our own? The way he's talking makes it sound like he's going to eat us.

"Your people?"

Yan Shanhu narrowed his eyes, turned around and said to the two soldiers behind him, "Yan Zhen, you take men and take their heads. If you fail, you will bring your head to me!"

"Yes!"

Yan Zhen immediately lowered his head in response, and then rode a gray rock giant lizard towards Bai Shuodong's direction.

The Grey Rock Giant Lizard is the totem guardian beast of the Grey Rock tribe. It possesses immense power on the battlefield, extremely strong physical defense, and very fast charging speed. Each one is a war behemoth combining strength and defense, and only a very few Grey Rock people with sufficient strength can tame it.

Rock Mountain had great confidence in Rock Town, who was riding the Grey Rock Giant Lizard. Even he had to be careful when facing a creature of this caliber.

He then continued his fight with Iron Teeth.

...

Ten minutes later

"Roar!!"

The gray rock lizard roared, but the sound was different from usual, seemingly carrying a kind of frenzied joy.

Yanshan looked back and saw Bai Shuodong, laughing wildly, riding their tribe's totem guardian beast, the Gray Rock Giant Lizard, charging directly towards their Gray Rock tribe. For some reason, the Gray Rock Giant Lizard was charging even harder than usual, with a ferocious and fearless spirit.

"Hahahaha!"

Iron Fang immediately burst out laughing, pointing at Rock Mountain and shouting, "Look, all your totem guardians are charging at you! Hahahaha!"

Chapter 81 Hey! Long time no see!

"..."

Yanshan's face turned ashen.

He had considered countless possibilities, but he never expected that not only was Rock Town dead, but the Gray Rock Giant Lizard was also taken away. That was the Gray Rock tribe's totem guardian beast and the spiritual totem of the Gray Rock tribe.

The Gray Rock Giant Lizard's defection on the battlefield has far more impact than just a change in combat strength; its damage to morale is even more devastating.

and...

How come their numbers have increased?

Why are so many of them my people?

When you're with me, you're all timid and your morale is incredibly low, but when you switch sides, your morale skyrockets? No, are you guys collectively putting me on the spot?

No...that's not right!

The group's mental state was unbelievably high, almost as if they had been under some kind of spell and had fallen into complete frenzy.

So...

Is the core issue that mage? Does that guy not only control large-scale spells, but also possess the ability to control the will of other beings? A guy of that level absolutely must be eliminated!

If he doesn't die, the Gray Rock Tribe will inevitably face even more terrifying disasters in the future.

Must kill!

At this moment, killing Bai Shuodong has become the most important thing in his mind. Taking Wolf Fang Fortress is no longer important compared to this. A mage who can cast powerful spells and control enemies on a large scale is far more valuable than Wolf Fang Fortress.

Where?

Yanshan's gaze darted around quickly, trying to spot the "mysterious sorcerer" in the crowd.

At this moment, however, he did not notice anyone wearing a robe hiding behind him. Apart from himself, the most conspicuous person was the guy riding on the gray rock giant lizard, but Yanshan immediately ruled him out.

His position is too dangerous!

How could a top-tier mage put himself in such a dangerous position? How could he place himself in such a conspicuous spot? And he was laughing wildly too. Surely the mage wouldn't curse himself as well? Impossible, absolutely impossible!

That guy must be an elite guard; it definitely couldn't be the mage himself.